South Hams Friends of the Earth

After two and a half months it was good to reach the sea - the end is now in sight. I have arranged to meet Sara in Cherbourg on September 7th - our 15th wedding anniversary, and we will sail back to Poole on the 10th. I hope to see some of you on Sept. 17th.

Cycling across Paris was a hair-raising experience - something I had never done, even when I lived there. The French cities I have passed have been doing some positive things with public transport, but the culture is still much more car dominated than the parts of Germany and Switzerland I saw.

This trip must have improved my French - the manager of the hotel where I stayed in Rouen thought I was probably Belgian!